Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands		4 Months Ended
		Jan. 21, 2018	Jan. 22, 2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings		$ 12,190	$ 35,930
(Losses) earnings from discontinued operations		(699)	1,381
Income from continuing operations		12,889	34,549
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization		19,157	21,263
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of Lease Incentives		147	25
Deferred finance cost amortization		1,031	1,123
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements		(802)	(3,981)
Deferred income taxes		33,542	2,285
Share-based compensation expense		2,937	3,687
Pension and postretirement expense		715	1,297
(Gains) losses on cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance		(2,163)	326
Gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants		(8,940)	(137)
Losses on the disposition of property and equipment, net		(183)	(530)
Impairment charges and other		805	467
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding dispositions:
Accounts and other receivables		26,539	25,208
Inventories		110	(111)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,419	27,481
Accounts payable		(371)	(3,458)
Accrued liabilities		(32,667)	(37,940)
Pension and postretirement contributions		(1,710)	(1,440)
Franchise tenant improvement allowance disbursements		(1,761)	0
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement		(3,330)	(1,376)
Cash flows provided by operating activities		53,730	69,798
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(10,793)	(8,581)
Purchases of assets intended for sale and leaseback		(1,411)	(1,717)
Proceeds from the sale and leaseback of assets		4,949	2,466
Proceeds from the sale of company-operated restaurants	[1]	5,591	138
Collections on notes receivable		9,410	264
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment		589	87
Funding of intercompany operations		(13,122)	(5,805)
Other		2,969	(35)
Cash flows used in investing activities		(1,818)	(13,183)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings on revolving credit facilities		106,200	231,000
Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit facilities		(130,800)	(167,000)
Principal repayments on debt		(14,208)	(14,398)
Dividends paid on common stock		(11,736)	(12,963)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		0	4,756
Repurchases of common stock		0	(115,354)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements		0	3,981
Change in book overdraft		(129)	7,804
Tax payments for equity award issuances		(4,244)	(5,706)
Cash flows used in financing activities		(54,917)	(67,880)
Cash flows used in continuing operations		(3,005)	(11,265)
Net cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations		16,785	12,668
Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations		(13,648)	(12,304)
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations		(43)	(40)
Net cash provided by discontinued operations		3,094	324
Cash at beginning of period		4,467	13,906
Cash at end of period		$ 3,789	$ 2,641

[1] (1)Amounts in 2018 and 2017 include additional proceeds of $1.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to restaurants sold in prior years.